Organizational Development : How Organizations Change and Develop Effectively

This engaging and accessible textbook shows the importance and role of organisational development around the world, within the context of organisational change. Fostering an analytic approach to organisational issues, it charts the evolution of the field and shows how today OD fosters organisational effectiveness and individual wellbeing. Firmly grounded in a global perspective, it provides a contemporary analysis of OD and highlights the key diagnostic and intervention techniques that can be used to build organisational effectiveness. With a range of critical perspectives, skills development exercises, and practitioner insight, this book blends theory and practice to show OD's conceptualization and its application to contemporary issues faced by organizations.

Suitable for upper undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level, this is the ideal textbook for anyone studying organizational development.